Competition: On The Edge. Experiment and videoart – ŻUBROFFKA AT THE ARSENAL

Białostocki Ośrodek Kultury and the Arsenal Gallery invite to a competition screening:
 
ON THE EDGE. EXPERIMENT AND VIDEOART (96’)
 
9 December 2016, Friday, 18.30
 
Arsenal Gallery power station, ul. Elektryczna 13 (the entrance from ul. Świętojańska)
 
Admission free

Program:

Apocalypse
dir. Justyna Mytnik
cinematography: Michał Poddębniak
music: Artur Maćkowiak
Poland 2016, 14′
e-mail: mytnik.festival@gmail.com

Mauri and Zuzia live in a block of flats infested by pigeons. A chick is hatched on their balcony and claims to be the main character’s mother. It urges the young couple to start looking each other in the eye or they will perish infected with a virus.
 
(Self)exhibitions
dir. Florencia Aliberti
e-mail: flor.aliberti@gmail.com

A found footage documentary made with home movies. Pointing out new forms of self-representation and exhibition of our intimacy on the Internet and social networks.

Couplets for an Everlasting Eve
dir. Ageda Kopla Taldea (collective)
music: Xabier Erkizia
Spain 2016, 5’22”
e-mail: kimuak@filmotecavasca.com

Stark denunciation of gender violence built on a deep-rooted Basque tradition, presented by 20 young artists, using different techniques.
 
Heart
dir. Sergio Martínez
cinematography: Michal Babinec
Spain 2016, 15′
e-mail: mail@madridencorto.es

She tried to leave the forest, but the forest was inside her.
 
Monument
dir. Marcin Giżycki
cinematography: Marcin Giżycki
music: Witold Górka
Poland 2016, 2′30″
e-mail: mgizycki@hotmail.com

Secret life of monumental sculptures at Cemetery Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers in Warsaw.

Nœvus
dir. Samuel Yal
cinematography: Samuel Yal
music: Raphaël Marechal
France 2016, 8′
e-mail: mikhal.bak@gmail.com

Fragments of porcelain, enamels and rust … Nœvus explores the mystery of femininity and choreographs a metamorphosis.
 
Needles and Haystacks
dir. Azim Moollan
cinematography: Azim Moollan
music: Yohann Lim Fat
Mauritius 2015, 4′
e-mail: dop@azimmoollan.com

A brief introspection into the state of mind of a woman. Her battles in life, her relationship with her daughter and walking the fine line of addiction.

Squame
dir. Nicolas Brault
cinematography: Nicolas Brault
music: Jean-Philippe Loignon
Canada 2015, 4’6″
e-mail: brault_nicolas@yahoo.com

Sennsitive envelope, the skin. Somewhere between archeological artifacts and macroscopic observations, the friable frontiers of these human bodies elude our gaze.

Formula
dir. Emmanuel Adjei
cinematography: Paul Ozgur
music: Sevdaliza
Poland 2016, 15′
e-mail: silverframe.contact@gmail.com

Despite different characters Zillah and Azar are in love. The sense of their love is determined by the arrival of the desired child. When their unborn daughter dies, the passionate and sensual feeling is subjected to a test.
 
Happens in Your Brain If You See a German Word Like…?
dir. Zora Rux
cinematography: Malte Siepen
music: Dietrich Brüggemann
Germany 2015, 5′
e-mail: fredburle@gmail.com

An experimental trip into the world of an extremely long german word.

XIU: Josie’ Past
dir. Florent Texier
cinematography: Florent Texier
music: Xiu Xiu
France 2016, 7′56″
e-mail: florentexier@gmail.com

A modern version of Twin Peaks’ Laura Palmer’s diary: a trip into a nightmare of social media addiction, short videos and emoji proliferation.